Since the last official patch, the patch allows races to build stations near starlanes and wormholes (IotA), now gives quests better rewards based on destination distance, and fixes a bunch of other minor issues.

1.017 change list:

races can now build stations near starlane/wormholes (IotA)

now quests give extra credits, xp, and relations boosts the more systems away the goal is from the originator